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Today, there are four permit holders currently pursuing aquaculture ventures in Provincetown’s half, or 25 acres, of the Aquaculture Development Area, and an equal number in Truro’s 25-acre section as well. The numbers may seem small, but for the actual participants, the benefits are enormous.Tony Jackett, Truro’s harbormaster and shellfish warden (formerly serving both Provincetown and Truro as shellfish warden), estimates that there are 120,000 shellfish, mostly...

PROVINCETOWN — When Truro and Provincetown decided to combine 25 acres offshore of each town into a single, 50-acre Aquaculture Development Area in Cape Cod Bay three years ago, it was unclear how and when this decision might affect the...

The Cape Codder has earned three journalism awards in the 2014 New England Newspaper and Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest.Reporter Doreen Leggett won a first place award for environmental reporting. Leggett covers...

Offshore activities throughout New England may soon have to be as aware of right whales as we are in Cape Cod Bay.On Feb. 20, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed expanding the critical habitat for the endangered whales...

Minnie Minoso, the seemingly ageless Cuban slugger who broke into the majors just two years after Jackie Robinson and turned into the game's first black Latino star, has died, a medical examiner in Illinois said Sunday. There is some question about...

PROVINCETOWN — Cape Cod’s only community radio station, WOMR/WFMR, has announced programming for International Women’s Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, March 8, when the radio station will reserve 24 hours of round-the-clock...

The record snowfall, frigid temperatures and icy conditions that have characterized this winter so far have not been easy on Cape wildlife, a fact reflected in the surge of activity at Wild Care, a wildlife rehabilitation clinic based in...

Cotuit Center for the Arts will host “Layer Upon Layer,” an exhibit by the Pastel Painters of Cape Cod Feb. 28 to March 29.The opening reception is Saturday, February 28, from 5 to 7 p.m., with a Gallery Talk at...